Asus BE96U Initial setup

[waldo142]

I have upgraded to the Asus RT BE96U from the RT AC5300 I use just under 70 Manually assigned IP Addresses. I entered these as well as about 25 Port forwarded devices. I have noticed that I am now at 62% Memory at 1263 MB That is about twice of my old 5300 with the Mac Filter List completed.. about 25 entries. My Question
1. Have I done something wrong to create high memory useage?
2. I can not locate the Mac Filtering list under Wi Fi....There is no Header for it!
3. I have used the Merlin Firmware on my 5300 for Years.... am I correct that there is not one available at this point for the RT BE96U?
4. I have on this router 2 lan10G ports... can I use them to connect to my 2 main switches which are only Gig switches.?
My devices consist mostly IP Cameras..Sonos & Google speakers and the usual tablets & phones. at most 2 users sometimes. Cat 5e & 6a wiring.

Firmware 3006.102.37038

Any help is appreciated.

 

[bennor]

3. I have used the Merlin Firmware on my 5300 for Years.... am I correct that there is not one available at this point for the RT BE96U?

The Asus-Merlin supported routers are listed on the Asus Merlin website:

Home | Asuswrt-Merlin

www.asuswrt-merlin.net

RT-BE96U

3006.102.2_2

Asuswrt-Merlin - Browse /RT-BE96U/Release at SourceForge.net

Alternative firmware for Asus wireless routers

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Release - Asuswrt-Merlin 3006.102.2 is now available for Wifi 7 devices

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[Tech9]

1. Have I done something wrong to create high memory useage?

No, your new router has different hardware, run on different firmware and needs more RAM. The reason it comes with 2GB RAM.